Menlo Park Community Forum

HI, Council Kudos to Mayor Nash for challenging Bonta to face reality. Not holding my breath to see if he can. For what it’s worth I filed a consumer complaint about NC147. I really don’t want some Russian oligarch setting up even a reasonable sized building in Menlo Park because I don’t tru...

HI, Council I’m really happy to see more housing walkable to downtown. It’s also possible that said housing will require extra water, sewer, electric etc capacity. If so, who will get the doubtful pleasure of paying for upgrades? Us as tax payers or us as rate payers? I know it’s going to ...

HI, Council Is there maybe a possible federal lawsuit, arguing that just as commercial corporations have free speech rights, political corporations have protection from cruel and unusual punishment, and that the effect and possibly intent of the builder’s remedy law is punitive? Not a lawyer Nina Wouk

Hi, Council You know what I think about this mess but I’ll say it again: Fighting it will be expensive but not fighting it would be a disaster. Don’t make Menlo Park a playground for Russian oligarchs. Insist on a full EIR. The infrastructure does not and cannot exist to support the proposed...

HI, Council It appears that our public spirited pool operator has axed the one program for seniors at Belle Haven Pool. Aqua Fit has a loyal constituency of local people who benefit from it. As usual that seems to mean nothing to the commercial business hired to operate the pool for the benefit...

HI, Council I get that there isn’t money to subsidize pool operations, but did you look at the new schedule starting Sept 8? Burgess is open until 8 every week night, Belle Haven never. Burgess is open until 4 Saturday and Belle Haven only until 3. Nights and weekends are when people get to sw...

Hi, Council 335 Pierce is the only new housing in Belle Haven that I would like to see built, and that is solely because it is meant to be affordable for people at risk of displacement. I understand that one unit is reserved for a family that has already been displaced. I hope that the others w...

HI, Council To repeat, I am against adding new housing in District 1 until the rest of Menlo Park steps up and does its share to increase the housing supply, but I make an exception for Habitat’s proposed 8 unit project at 335 Pierce because it is the only chance we have to create some housing th...

HI, Council I remember your adopting the intent of building new housing in other parts of Menlo Park than District 1, which is already overcrowded. I hope you will stick to that. https://www.almanacnews.com/menlo-park/2026/03/20/texas-developer-plans-eight-story-housing-project-in-menlo-par...

HI, Council As the powerless Belle Haven Pool hybrid model community task force has made obvious, the current governance structure for the pool is useless because the pool operator has total control over all operations and is doing a miserable job. Assuming city council has any interest in maki...